Saturday, September 5, 2009

I Love Internet!

I just discovered a wireless network that I can access in my apartment, making me a very happy girl. So now you will benefit from my happiness as I upload some pictures to go with that last long and boring post.

My door- complete with keypad entry so I don't have to carry a key. Genius.

View from the door. I know...it looks like a 13 year old girl designed my room.

Shoe closet by my door. I could have packed significantly less shoes had I know I wouldn't be wearing them all day!

Extra space is at a premium here, so some non-shoe items have taken up residence in the shoe closet.

The view out my windows. Not real exciting.

View towards the door from my room. That chifferobe is really my only clothing storage. It has one hanging bar, and a little shelf at the bottom. Seriously not enough.

My kitchen/laundry area. My bottom cabinets have all been commandeered for clothes, while my top cabinets are for food/cooking stuff (that I will never use because eating out is so damn cheap and convenient!).

My desk area and shelves.

Looking in to my bathroom.

Shower "area." It is just half of the bathroom cut off by a shower curtain.

That handy little knob on the left is how I change the water between coming out of my sink and coming out of my shower head. Yesterday I forgot to change it back to the sink and when I went to wash my hands I got sprayed all over with water. Lovely.

The VEEEEERY spicy noodles I had when Angie and I went out to eat the first night.

About Me

Born and raised in Maryland. Graduate of Marywood University (BS in Elementary Ed & Special Ed, 2007) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education (EdM in International Education Policy, 2012). Sailed on Semester at Sea in Spring 2005. Repeat expat (Seoul, South Korea from August 2009 – May 2011 and Nairobi, Kenya from January 2013-December 2014). Work for an education innovation company that builds and operates low-cost private schools in developing countries. Have spent time in 39 countries and counting.

Favorite Quotes:

"What if it turns out that a life isn't defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for or whom you've lost, but instead by the moments you spend getting from each of these places to the next?"

-Jodi Picoult-

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”

-Jawaharlal Nehru-

"I've come to believe that we make our own luck.... and attitude makes the difference between bad luck and adventures."

-Hans Hinke-

"And I promise to always have a little madness in my life, that I can pray and party at the same time, and that in the midst of the laughter, continue to love my family and the family of earth."